Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning All,
I see Bill's been in and filled the buffet for us. I'll fill a plate and get some coffee to go with the food. Out in the big room, Crandell wants us to use the pm button more often to keep threads consise and focused. I agree with the thought as regards the non related questions "are you going to such and such" and so on, but a lot of the "off topic" responses can be useful as well IMO. I think it much more important to "play nicely".
Didn't find much track yet, but I did get some cover put down in the last area I put buildings. Now if I can find my camera.......
Time to pick up tools and get on with it. I need to service the dually and load for Pocono today as they are letting us in to park at 5pm and I can start tech inspections while it's still light out. I just hope the rain holds off - that place is really miserable when it's wet. Nothing though compared to what you in the midwest have had to cope with. I was waching the weather channel and they mentioned that since March Cape Jim has had 22 inches of rain. I'd be thinking seriously of getting a houseboat by now or maybe an ark! Catch y'all later. J.R.
I'll have the bacon and eggs this morning.
Good morning.It's 73 and wet here with a slow rain falling. We're expecting a high of 79 today with a fair chance of thunderstorms later.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 714466114 4/11/2008Heat Index: 77°FHumidity: 83%Dew Point: 68°FSo Far TodayHigh: 74°FLow: 73°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 21mph NNE Now through 07:00 AM CDT April 11, 2008 Through 7 AM...a line of mainly light showers associated with a passing cold front will continue to push east across portions of inland southeast Texas and west-central Louisiana. Hourly rainfall amounts will be a tenth of an inch or less in most locations. Today High: 80 Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning...then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80. Southwest winds around 10 mph shifting to the northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. Tonight Low: 52 Partly cloudy. Cooler. Lows in the lower 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
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Good Morning All
It's a beautiful Spring day here in sunny Nova Scotia! I know I can feel my ears burning already!
New construction is starting on the MESS as my latest "Top Secret" project is in mid- assembly as we speak. I believe all of you won't be disapointed!! Might be standing room only though for the Grand Opening so you guys might want to reserve your seats now...
Rob and Phil: Both of you are under a great deal of stress these days so the insomnia unforunately, as both of you are well aware, is part of the equation. I had a lot of issues with sleep these past two years as I seemed to wake up several times during the night listening to make sure everything was fine. After a while one finds themselves in "Auto Mode". I'm only now starting to uncover things I forgot or didn't do a year ago. Some of it was pretty major too.
Phil: Trying to go to bed right after class was always an issue for me in college, especially during exams as I'd finish crunching numbers, go to bed and all I saw was streams of equations and numbers. I finally had to go to the Pharmacy and ask for sleeping pills. The Pharmacist was alarmed and pulled me aside to ask what my problem was and I explained the numbers thing. She then smiled and said it was the first time she had a student come in for sleeping pills during exams, normally and quite frequently kids were coming in for "Stay-awakes". I always found a long walk or a jog after studying helped me clear my head. Now that the weather is getting better you may want to think about walking if you're not doing it now. Great way to control the stress!
pcarrell wrote:I have class tonight after work, so I won't get home until about 10:30pm. It's alright though, because I can head straight to bed when I get there. After a few hours sleep this morning (what is with some of us here and insomnia?),.....I don't know, but I for one am sick of it! I'd like to get a WHOLE nights sleep sometime soon! I think I'm going to try out something I saw in the store the other day.
I have class tonight after work, so I won't get home until about 10:30pm. It's alright though, because I can head straight to bed when I get there.
After a few hours sleep this morning (what is with some of us here and insomnia?),.....
I don't know, but I for one am sick of it! I'd like to get a WHOLE nights sleep sometime soon! I think I'm going to try out something I saw in the store the other day.
Anyway just my .
Well time to hit the garden and the garage and maybe some "painting" of the latest kits.
Fergie
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If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
So check out this beautiful morning!
Sure, it's raining and all, but God has allowed for us to all still be here. The rain is watering the earth to bring forth all of the plants, the air is fresh, and the sun will return.
And.........
If you can't tell, I'm in a good mood! I had class last night, and that went well, then I got a good nights sleep. And tonight is my son's awards banquet for his basketball team. Yeah, the season ended a while ago, but then the spring breaks started happening, so schedules got wierd. So the thing is tonight, and I'm expecting that my boy will at least get an award for the pizza drive they had, and who knows, maybe something else? I know I'll be bringing my camera!
Oh, and I get to go and fuel up the van today for the week!
(Except you can double those numbers for my van!)
So what's going on in your neck of the woods?
Paul W. Beverung wrote: PC: I guess that jounior is is really happy with that train. Most importantly it's all his. I didn't think that I should send anything since all I have is HO. I'd hate to start a scale war.
PC: I guess that jounior is is really happy with that train. Most importantly it's all his. I didn't think that I should send anything since all I have is HO. I'd hate to start a scale war.
I'm a reformed HO scaler, so we don't want to be a contributer to me "falling off the wagon", do we? (And by "we", I mean you! ) Contributing to the delinquency of a perfectly functional member of society like that.......you ought to be ashamed!
Fergie, thats good advice. I'll have to keep it in mind. Last night I had to hit the store on the way home, and my drive from school is about a half hour, and I love to drive, so thats very relaxing for me. Especially since most of my drive is through the country at night, so it's just me and the open road.....no traffic. Walking sounds good though too. I love to walk in the evenings with my wife. Well, lately it's been more of a push through the neighborhood since she's in the wheelchair. Let me tell you what.....THAT is exersise! You do a mile or two of that and you're tierd! Good !!!
Hey Guys long time no see I've been busy with school and what not. I got a new trackphone. and I'm saving up for a train shpow that is comming up on the 26th of this month. I haven't done much on my layout except that a street light burnt out and I'm hoping that I can get some more at the train show.
Well tthat's all for now cya later
Good morning!
It's still snowing here. We've got 8-10" of wet sloppy junk so far, and more on the way.Power went out at 6:30 last night, back on at 11:00.I'm sure the lightning had something to do with that.You read that right, THUNDER Snowstorm!!The wind was a real worry,too. I have some tree damage, nothing major.The Kids made it ,but not after a very real scare. Caught some ice/slush just right and, in the middle of the storm, hit the ditch.They went around 3 times . All are OK.The FOTH told grampa that they "went for a merry-go-round "rideTwo young fellas stopped and helped the son swap the flat front out with the rear then put the doughnut on the back(after the $132 tow OUT of the ditch!),all in the middle of a MAJOR snowstorm! Steve tried to stuff some money into thier hands, but they wouldn't take it. Told him to "play it forward".What goes around comes around ,huh?
ROB: we also have a family of red fox. Right before the storm hit, saw him heading back to the den with supper in his mouth. And, DURING the junk, 5 deer were at the feeder!I was talking to some tavern buddies ,they also were discussing hay prices(dairy/horse farmers.) Forgot what they are paying ,but sounded outrageously high to me.We had a real poor season last year for hay and most guys knew they'ed run short. I "rent" 7 acres (well, for a twelve pac.That way I don't have to mow it!) to one of them.He usually gets 3 cuts, last year just 1.
Sorry for the long-winded post!
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
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Got wet morning .......
We've had way too much rain. This is rediculous. Certainly, no golf for a while.
Brandon wrote "Thanks everybody for their thoughts on the career subject. I think I'll get my CDL (just in case) and ship off to CSX's in-house training center in Atlanta around August. Things may change between now and then, though. " I think with your strong mechanical aptitude, you will do well. It may be a good idea if you ar interested in a railroad career to do some advance research. For example, it would help in a railroad job interview if you are familiar with railroad equipment such as the brake system. You can read about it on your own. If you go in the Trains Forum and ask for help learning such stuff, I bet you will get useful responses. Also, I recall you said you go to the KY Ry Museum, and you can look at such things on the equipment there.
I'm mostly done now with my new branch line and my mainline extension. I need to build a depot and related structures for the junction still.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please & thank you.
[(Except you can double those numbers for my van!)]
***and our pickup would accuse us of trying to starve it to death. Heck, that wouldn't even fill my wifes little car anymore.
***Good advice, Fergie.
***Terry, have you seen the pups yet? I held some baby fox pups many years ago and they were the cutest darn little critters. Have some pics I took of them somewhere. Anyway, our fox was running right through the middle of our miniature horse herd and they didn't even look up at it. Undoubtedly he has been a regular visitor for some time....at least from the time I started locking up the Pyrenees.
***Jerry, looks like that car will make for a nice project.
Looks like thunder storms will hit later today and into the night here with strong winds, potential for large hail, etc... YeeHaw!
Have a great day all.
Rob
Of course, all the diners are welcome to ride my doodlebug. See the thread, "Welcome aboard the doodlebug!"
Have fun!
refill, please & thanks!
Good News: Even though my vintage Challenger is still sitting in the $60 range (ouch), with the other sales (including from last week), I have enough for a new Athearn (N) Bigboy. Now if I could just find one "in stock" from an online vender who also accepts Paypal??? Pardon me if I am starting to drool a little.
We're under a "TORNADO WATCH" here. "I hear the train thunder a commin..." Huge red blob on the satelite heading strait for us. YEE HAW!
i meant to include this pictue in your invitation to ride the doodlebug in the thread I started.
Nice 'Bug, Garry.
ROB: Nope, we haven't seen any kits this year. I'm assuming it's the same family as last year and they had 7 of'm. Watched them roughhouse in the hay field in front.It was funny!It could be with the weather up here they're staying close to the den?
PC: That was nice of the members.I bet PCjr was suprised!
The son took pics of tree-building this morning. I'll get them up Sunday.We're going to try the fence building Sat. am. Then I was thinking of doing a "How I make...." out in the big room.Thought I'd run them past you guys first.Nervous and all!
STILL snowin' and blowin'.I really am getting tired of this.
Just a tall cool glass of water this evening, thanks.
***Terry, watching those wild cubs (now we have covered all 3 names for baby foxes) must have been a thrill. How close were they to you and did the mom give you the evil eye?
I saw our smallest rescued pot-bellied pig get "goosed" today by that male Canadian Goose. Should have seen that poor little pig run.
Been watching an item on the-bay (search: N Con-Cor Kato U P 4-4-4-4 gas turbine engine ) and can hardly believe what it is selling for. Hmmmm, I have one exactly like it and in mint condition. Gee, if mine would sell for that much, I could turn around and pick me up one of them thar fancy new (N) Kato GS4's and a couple cars fer it too. But I might kinda miss the old gas turbine, as it has sentimental value. Pretty dang tempting though.
Still under a Tornado Watch, but it looks like the good stuff has already passed. Sure was a pretty light show while it lasted.
Hope everyone is doing well tonight.
Evening Gang: It's been a busy day. I fed out hay this morning after breakfast and then started getting the equipment for the train show. I finally got to the Gardens around 2:30pm. Mary Ann and I had to stop at the court house annex to get the plates on the trailer renewed. With a great deal of help from the guys at the gardens everything was unloaded and ready by 5:30. The new trans fere table at the track worked like a dream. I could have loaded up by myself but Terry was there so he helped.
We got another inch of rain the other day during the storm. I'll take as much as we can. It's too bad I don't have the strorage capicity to handle a couple of million gallons. Wait I do the blanking pit. If I could find a way of getting the water into it I'd be set.
Well I'm getting sleeping so I'll say,
Good Night All
All is quiet here. Pastures nicely watered. Now we just need a few sunny days to get the grass growing.
Perhaps I spoke too soon about my Bigboy funds. One of my items that had been bid up, just lost $50 worth when a bidder apparently retracted their bids. Dang! Well, there are still two days to go and I remain close to reaching the required amount. Fingers crossed!
Hey, that UP Gas Turbine sold for $240+...sheesh, perhaps it's time to put mine up for sale? Could always put a Reserve on it so as not to get ripped off. Can't believe an old vintage plastic model sold for that. Think there was some kind of auto-bidder-thing going on there?
Wife should be home shortly with a late night snack from a drive through. Yea, real healthy thing to do.
Good morning from Euclid, Ohio
Thunderstorms and a bunch of rain yesterday and last night, but the grass looks really good. Mid 50's today, but only a high of 38 for tomorrow.
I need to finish the main line this weekend, one of my friends and his son are coming out Wednesday or Thursday to run trains.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good morning.
The ham and eggs looks good today.It's a slightly cool 55 degrees this morning and partly cloudy. Looking forward to a clear sky and 73 degrees this afternoon. My project for today is to put a DCC decoder into an Athearn SD40-2. It's a Bachmann piece of crap but will work until I get a better one for it.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 4/12/2008Wind Chill: 50°FHumidity: 59%Dew Point: 39°FSo Far TodayHigh: 62°FLow: 53°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 9mph NNE Today High: 73 Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 10 mph. Tonight Low: 45 Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Light and variable winds.
Morning all!
Supposed to be cold and not so nice out today, but I think my wife and I are going to the home show at the State Fairgrounds, so it won't matter.
Tell ya what.....That banquet for my son's basketball team last night was something else! They have three teams for different age groups, and my son is on the Junior High team. Well after the season was over all of the teams sent there scorebooks into the state office, and my son's team came in second in the state! They got a big old trophy and some really nice medals to hang on their necks. They also had asked the boys who won the pizza drive if they wanted the iPod, or the cash......they all took the cash. And then, the biggest surprise of the night.....it seems that each boy on each team had been asked privately who they thought on their team had exemplified the most Christlike behavior that year. The boys voted or each other on this. My son's team had voted for my boy, hands down! There was a big plaque and lots of fanfare. I tell ya, I was so proud of him that I could almost burst! And after it was all over, we went to WalMart to collect his prize. He got one of the new Sony Walkmans that plays mp3's and am/fm radio, plus we picked up some goodies to go with it. It's a pretty slick little deal, and he's a pretty happy camper.
Hey Bill, thats two days in a row on top! That gets expensive! Ask me how I know.......
Oh well, time to get a move on!
Catch up with you all later!
PC that 2 days in a row ain't nothin as you and I have hit 5 I believe in one of the old coffee shops that we have shut down. or was it 4 anyway we know lol.
Morning all still hanging in here no new news so I guess were still on track just need to sell this place.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Also, I recall you said you go to the KY Ry Museum, and you can look at such things on the equipment there.
It's funny you should say that, as I'm considering volunteering there over the summer so I can "get my feet wet" in the railroad bisiness. And who knows, maybe with my past welding (I am a certified flat, horizontal, vetical up welder) and mechanical experience, I can work on the equipment and learn my way around the mechanical aspect of it.
As for the rest of you talking about the rain...
April Showers?
-Brandon
Seems like freekin ages since I've been in.
PC: I saw your surgery train in the Photo Fun. I can bet he was one happy kid when he saw those. And 3 cabeese is fine.
Hmm, what's new... What's new. I don't know.
Cederstrand: I'll be able to do your crash now, I got my older simulator working and the AI can do some pretty mad speeds... I'll tell you when it's done.
Mark
An extra strong in a SOUTHERN PACIFIC mug, please & thank you.
***Mark, look forward to it.
***Philip, CONGRATS to your son on his achievements.
Will be spending much of the afternoon in the new studio sorting reference photos. With any luck, I'll come across the one of me in the cab of a steamer from long ago.
Hope everyone is having a great day.
HI ALL................
................I have finally caught up, well almost ...
........JEFF: We have enjoyed all the pictures that you have posted the last few months and the wiring of all those TOYS....We are both in pretty good moods today.
TO THAT "CRAZY" in the CAN. NAVY???????.... Will you please take back all the cold and snow that we had here. PLEASE.......Today it is finally sunny and my pins don't hurt for the first time in about 4 months, and please leave one [1] 4-10-2 for me.....
.......GRAMPA and YOU KNOW WHO I MEAN;;;; BEAUTIFUL little guy. I feel like he is part of the group already......
............LITTLE ROB..I forgot!!!!!!!
............PAUL... The prices here on rolls of 'falfa' have almost doubled. Had a hard time in eastern oregon this winter and last fall, so my suggestion is the same see if that gentleman will store some for you if you don't have space OR ship it to me as we have a very large barn about 120 miles from here,, and we will store it..FOR A PRICE LOL LOL LOL ..Shipping prices would cost more than the price of 'falfa'......That's a yolk!!!!!!!
.........JOHN I got a MRC off of e-by for 105.oo came home this morn and UUUPS was here with pkg.....goddy gooddddy ..Talked to nice man about putting decoder and speaker in my small and wide open brass geared heilsers. Am sending him one to see if itis possible.
..............Lunch Time for Kathy; Roast Beef [ home grown ] actually prime rib with hoagie roll and some 'a juis' on side with a glass of milk....................
..........Prayers for all.........Chuck